“… there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families” This was Margaret Thatcher talking to Women’s Own magazine in October 1987.
The Labour summer show headed northwards; the first UK party leader election since Tony Blair began the New Labour era in 1994. The five Labour candidates along with Iain Gray,
Maybe Kanishk Tharoor is just missing London, but he has gone soft for a commercial version of God Save the Queen. Gareth Young reported on the real choice:
"As
Apart from the timing of the referendum on the voting system, perhaps the most awesome decision for the reformist credentials of the Coalition and the most consequential for the future
After a successful conference, we summarise contributions to the Public Service Broadcasting Forum so far.
The Labour Party needs to confront the people it gave power and high office too over 13 years, what they did with it and whose interests they represented before the new contenders take over.
Victoria Holland reports from the recent Future of British television symposium, held 27 May 2010
A symposium on the future of public service broadcasting organised by openDemocracy and hosted by the Department of Journalism at City University, Thursday 10 June
The Institute for Welsh Affairs gives its verdict on the BBC Strategy Review: it shockingly ignores the national question after a decade of devolution
Why can't the BBC talk about football like the French? oD's Editor-in-Chief asks why the Corporation's flagship morning news programme Today makes a fascinating question so dull.
I went to a very nice celebration last night thrown by Jane and Will Hutton and it made me think about what makes Will special. He has a grasp of
